Data Protection Aspects of e-Call

This briefing note deals with the data protection aspects of the Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC COM(2013) 316 final. It explains why the eCall system entails the processing of personal data. It deals with the data protection issues both for the mandatory 112-based eCall in-vehicle system as well as additional private emergency and added value services offered in parallel or building on the public 112-based eCall.